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Fuss

Fuss Meaning & Definition
Fuss Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fuss?

[n] a rapid bustling commotion
[n] petty quarrel
[n] an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
[n] an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
[v] worry unnecessarily of excessively
[v] care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fuss: ado | bicker | bickering | bother | bustle | dither | flap | flurry | fret | hassle | hustle | mother | niggle | overprotect | pother | spat | squabble | stir | tiff | tizzy | trouble

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fuss: addle | addle the wits | ado | agitate | agitation | air a grievance | altercation | argument | ball up | becloud | bedazzle | beef | befuddle | bellyache | bewilder | bicker | bickering | bitch | bleat | blood feud | blow off | bluff | bluster | bluster and bluff | blustering | boastfulness | bobbery | boil | boiling | bother | botheration | bravado | bravery | brawl | broil | brouhaha | bug | bullying | burn to | burst | bustle | buzz about | cacophony | carp at | chafe | chaos | chiffon | churn | clamor | clinquant | cloud | coil | commotion | complain | confuse | contention | controversy | conturbation | crab | croak | daze | dazzle | discombobulate | discomfit | discompose | discomposure | disconcert | disdain | disorder | disorganize | disorient | dispute | disquiet | disquietude | disturb | disturbance | dither | donnybrook | donnybrook fair | dustup | ebullition | electrify | embarrass | embroilment | entangle | excitement | falling-out | fanaticism | fanfaronade | feery-fary | ferment | fermentation | festoons | feud | fever | feverishness | fidgetiness | fidgets | fight | finery | fit | flap | fliting | flummox | flurry | fluster | flusteration | flustration | flutter | flutteration | flutteriness | fog | folderol | foment | fomentation | foofaraw | fracas | free-for-all | frenzy | fret | fret and fume | fret at | frilliness | frilling | frills | frills and furbelows | frippery | froufrou | fuddle | fuddy-duddy | fume | furor | furore | fury | fuss at | fuss-budget | fusser | fussiness | fusspot | gaiety | gaudery | get excited | gilding | gilt | gingerbread | granny | gripe | groan | grouch | grouse | growl | grumble | grunt | hardly wait | hassle | haste | hasten | hectoring | helter-skelter | henpeck | holler | howl | hubbub | hullabaloo | hurly-burly | hurrah | hurry | hurry about | imbroglio | inquietude | intimidation | itch to | jar | jitters | jolt | jump the gun | jumpiness | kick | lather | lodge a complaint | logomachy | maelstrom | make a fuss | malaise | maze | melee | miff | mist | mix up | moider | moil | muddle | murmur | mutter | nag | nerviness | nervosity | nervousness | nibble at | old maid | old woman | open quarrel | pandemonium | passion | paste | peck at | pell-mell | perplex | perturb | perturbation | pester | pick and choose | pick at | pick on | pinchbeck | polemic | pother | pucker | put out | quarrel | racket | rage | raise a howl | raise hell | rampage | rant | rattle | register a complaint | repine | restlessness | riot | rock | rodomontade | roil | rough-and-tumble | roughhouse | rout | row | ruckus | ruction | ruffle | rumpus | rush about | rush around | scorn | scramble | seethe | seething | shake | shake up | sharp words | shindig | shindy | shock | side | slanging match | snarl | spasm | spat | speed | splutter | spurn | spurt | sputter | squabble | squawk | squirm | stagger | stew | stink | stir | storminess | strife | superfluity | swagger | swashbucklery | sweat | sweat and stew | sweat it out | swirl | swivet | take on | tear around | tempestuousness | throw into confusion | tiff | tinsel | tizzy | to-do | trappings | trepidation | trepidity | trickery | trouble | trumpery | tumult | tumultuation | tumultuousness | turbidity | turbulence | turmoil | tussle | twitter | twitteration | unease | unquiet | unrest | unsettle | uproar | upset | vendetta | vortex | wail | wait impatiently | whine | whirl | whirlpool | whirlwind | whiz about | wildness | words | worry | wrangle | yammer | yap | yap at | yawp | yelp | zeal | zealousness

See Also | agitation | care | commotion | din | disturbance | dither | dustup | flap | give care | perturbation | pother | quarrel | row | ruckus | ruction | rumpus | run-in | scruple | tumult | words | worry | wrangle

Fuss In Webster's Dictionary

\Fuss\, n. [Cf. {Fusome}.] 1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. --Byron. Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise --Carlyle. 2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles. [R.] I am a fuss and I don't deny it. --W. D. Howell.
\Fuss\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fussing}.] To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. --Sir W. Scott.

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